Behind the biggest holiday sales increase in years

Traders on Wall Street were full of doom and gloom this holiday season. Shoppers on Main Street, meanwhile, were busy buying stuff. Retailers delivered their biggest holiday sales increases in six years, as shoppers shrugged off the stock market’s swoon and instead shelled out for everything from cashmere sweaters to kitchen sinks. Boosted by fatter...

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